Use the materials to create your own bubble lab. Safety goggles are optional but they do make it fun! This week in our STEAM Storytime series we were inspired by the book, The Bubble Factory written by Tomi DePaola Now, can you make a bubble in a bubble in a bubble? How many can you make?! This is fun and challenging for kids as they start and stop and try again. Art: If you could create your own bubble lab what would it look like? Draw a picture of your bubble lab.

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Step 5. Now what happens when you blow a bubble in a bubble? Will it work? This is why it’s important to have your straw cover enough bubble solution to create a second bubble inside. Try it out and see by dipping your straw in more solution, slowly inserting into your first bubble and then blowing. Safe design protects the operator and lab environment from exposure to chemical vapours and airborne particulates. Step 6. You can also do a test with your fingers. What happens when you touch your bubble with a dry finger? It pops! Now if you wet your finger it doesn’t pop. Have you ever tried Magic Bubbles? They are bubbles that resist evaporation, and are so stable that you can even touch them without popping. The secret to this formula is that a polymer (an elastic molecule) has been mixed into the solution which adds to the elastic properties of the bubble while helping to prevent evaporation. Try adding your own secret ingredients to your bubble mix. Does it change the physical properties of the bubble? Here are a few suggestions:Read the book, The Bubble Factory. Discuss the different types of bubbles created in the bubble lab.

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Step 3. Have your child liberally spray the surface with water (we used a marble board but you can use anything that can be sprayed and wiped with water like a counter top). In a container of water, the tiny water molecules are attracted to each other, and consequently they are always pulling on each other. At the surface of the water these water molecules are attracted to the water molecules around and below them, but have no water molecules above them to be attracted to (since it is just air). This is what creates surface tension. The water molecules at the surface of the water do not want to move up, away from other water molecules, which makes water have a high surface tension. In fact, it is too high to form bubbles. Go outside and test your bubble solutions. Blow a bubble and catch it on your wand. Immediately start the stopwatch and time how long the bubble lasts. This will take some practice, so try it out on some extra solution before you start!If the learning doesn’t convince you to try this with the kids, remember this involves bubbles. Making bubbles! What kid doesn’t like bubbles?

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Do bubbles always make a spherical shape? Try twisting pipe cleaners into different shapes, like: stars, squares, and triangles. What shape will the bubbles be? Pepling, R., 2003. What's That Stuff? Soap Bubbles, Chemical and Engineering News, Volume 81, Number 17, pp. 34, publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Retrieved June 6, 2007. What happens when three or more bubbles come together? See if you can design an experiment to test the idea that three or more bubbles will always meet at a 120degree angle.

Step 4. Have your child repeat dipping the straw in bubble solution and then slowly blow a bubble. You want to almost touch the surface with your straw and slowly pull away while still blowing to make a nice large bubble. This time the bubble doesn’t pop!